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Franz Kafka (1883–1924)

Author of The Trial

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About the Author

Franz Kafka -- July 3, 1883 - June 3, 1924 Franz Kafka was born to middle-class Jewish parents in Prague, Czechoslovakia on July 3, 1883. He received a law degree at the University of Prague. After performing an obligatory year of unpaid service as law clerk for the civil and criminal courts, he show more obtained a position in the workman's compensation division of the Austrian government. Always neurotic, insecure, and filled with a sense of inadequacy, his writing is a search for personal fulfillment and understanding. He wrote very slowly and deliberately, publishing very little in his lifetime. At his death he asked a close friend to burn his remaining manuscripts, but the friend refused the request. Instead the friend arranged for publication Kafka's longer stories, which have since brought him worldwide fame and have influenced many contemporary writers. His works include The Metamorphosis, The Castle, The Trial, and Amerika. Kafka was diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) in August 1917. As his disease progressed, his throat became affected by the TB and he could not eat regularly because it was painful. He died from starvation in a sanatorium in Kierling, near Vienna, after admitting himself for treatment there on April 10, 1924. He died on June 3 at the age of 40. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Franz Kafka

The Trial (1925) 20,632 copies, 245 reviews
The Metamorphosis (1915) 13,302 copies, 233 reviews
The Castle (1925) 8,571 copies, 93 reviews
The Complete Stories (1971) 5,940 copies, 27 reviews
Metamorphosis [Bantam Classic] (1972) 5,266 copies, 71 reviews
Amerika (1927) 2,463 copies, 15 reviews
Letter to His Father (1919) 1,699 copies, 28 reviews
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories [Dover] (1915) 1,688 copies, 9 reviews
Amerika (1990) 1,412 copies, 16 reviews
Diaries 1910 - 1923 (1935) 1,360 copies, 6 reviews
Amerika (1927) 1,014 copies, 12 reviews
Letters to Milena (1952) 938 copies, 11 reviews
The Penal Colony: Stories and Short Pieces (1919) 914 copies, 8 reviews
The Metamorphosis [Norton Critical Edition] (1915) 880 copies, 7 reviews
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories (1915) 796 copies, 12 reviews
Selected Short Stories of Franz Kafka (1952) — Author — 740 copies, 7 reviews
The Basic Kafka (1979) 713 copies, 2 reviews
In the Penal Colony [short story] (1919) — Author — 611 copies, 11 reviews
Metamorphosis and Other Stories (2007) 515 copies, 5 reviews
The Trial / America / The Castle (1935) — Author — 485 copies, 2 reviews
Das Urteil und andere Erzählungen (1994) — Author — 421 copies, 4 reviews
A Hunger Artist (1922) 409 copies, 8 reviews
The Metamorphosis and other stories (1996) 401 copies, 4 reviews
The Zürau Aphorisms (1994) 391 copies, 6 reviews
Collected Stories (Everyman's Library) (1993) 377 copies, 5 reviews
Verzameld werk (1947) — Author — 330 copies, 2 reviews
The Judgment (1912) 321 copies, 2 reviews
A Country Doctor: Short Stories (1919) 310 copies, 8 reviews
Blue Octavo Notebooks (1991) 307 copies
Letters to Felice (1967) — Author — 303 copies, 2 reviews
Parables and Paradoxes (1935) 281 copies, 2 reviews
The Sons (1989) 255 copies, 2 reviews
Metamorphosis and Other Stories (2007) 234 copies, 6 reviews
Franz Kafka's The Castle (Acting Edition) (2003) 229 copies, 2 reviews
Description of a Struggle (1979) 217 copies, 3 reviews
The Diaries of Franz Kafka: 1914-1923 (1965) 191 copies, 2 reviews
Metamorphosis and In the Penal Colony (1915) — Author — 182 copies, 3 reviews
The Judgement / In the Penal Colony (1991) — Author — 175 copies, 4 reviews
Letters to Friends, Family and Editors (1959) 168 copies, 1 review
The Diaries of Franz Kafka: 1910-1913 (1974) 156 copies, 1 review
Investigations of a Dog (1992) 147 copies, 3 reviews
Franz Kafka Stories 1904-1924 (1981) 137 copies, 1 review
The Great Wall of China (2005) 134 copies, 1 review
Give It Up! And Other Short Stories (1997) 130 copies, 5 reviews
Best Short Stories (Dual-Language Book) (1997) 122 copies, 1 review
Racconti (1990) 120 copies, 2 reviews
The Metamorphosis / The Trial (2007) — Author — 103 copies, 2 reviews
Das Schloss (German Edition) (1994) — Author — 103 copies, 1 review
A Hunger Artist [short story] (2009) 99 copies, 1 review
The Trial: A Graphic Novel (2008) 98 copies, 3 reviews
Kafka's Greatest Stories (2010) 98 copies
The Castle (1992) 82 copies, 2 reviews
Das Urteil Und Andere Prosa (1998) 77 copies
Meditaciones (1919) 74 copies, 2 reviews
De gier (1983) 67 copies
Letters to Ottla and the Family (1974) 66 copies, 1 review
The Stoker (1913) 63 copies, 1 review
The Castle / The Trial (1956) 63 copies
Contemplation (1912) 60 copies, 2 reviews
The Lost Writings (2020) 60 copies
Nälkätaiteilija : novelleja (1973) 54 copies, 1 review
The Metamorphosis, Letter to the father (1997) — Author — 51 copies, 1 review
A Report to an Academy (1977) — Author — 49 copies
La metamorfosis y otros relatos de animales (1901) 46 copies, 2 reviews
Fortellinger (1983) 45 copies
Konundrum: Selected Prose of Franz Kafka (2016) 45 copies, 1 review
The Castle: A Graphic Novel (2013) 41 copies
An Imperial Message (1981) 40 copies
The Burrow [Novelette] (1998) 39 copies, 1 review
Betrachtung (1912) 38 copies, 1 review
Erään koiran tutkimuksia : novelleja (1967) 36 copies, 1 review
The Aphorisms of Franz Kafka (2022) — Author — 36 copies
The building (1990) 36 copies, 2 reviews
Briefe 1902-1924 (1965) 36 copies
Sämtliche Werke (2008) 34 copies
Erzählungen (1999) — Author — 34 copies
Kafka (2010) — Contributor — 30 copies, 4 reviews
Letters to Max Brod (1989) 30 copies, 1 review
Contemplação / O Foguista (1999) 29 copies
Das Schloss (German Edition) (2008) — Author — 29 copies
Donusum (2015) 28 copies, 1 review
Essencial Kafka (Em Portugues do Brasil) (2011) 26 copies, 1 review
Romane und Erzählungen (1999) — Author — 24 copies
Confessioni e diari (1991) 24 copies
A Metamorfose (1995) 24 copies, 2 reviews
Bestiario (1997) 24 copies, 1 review
Efterladte fortællinger (2008) 22 copies
La metamorfosis--La condena (1984) 21 copies
Suhrkamp BasisBibliothek : Franz Kafka : Der Prozeß (2000) — Text — 21 copies, 1 review
Kafkas beste (2005) 21 copies, 1 review
Before the Law [short story] (1999) 21 copies, 1 review
Die Erzählungen (1953) 21 copies
Das Schloss (German Edition) (1992) — Author — 21 copies
I racconti (1995) 20 copies
Povídky (1990) 20 copies
The Metamorphosis: And Other Short Stories (2005) 20 copies, 1 review
The Bridge [short story] (1987) 20 copies
Brieven 1920-1924 19 copies, 1 review
Sogni (1993) 19 copies
Romane und Erzählungen (2002) 19 copies
Dagbøker 1909-1923 (1990) 18 copies
Dibujos (Sexto Piso Ilustrado) (Spanish Edition) (2006) — Illustrator — 18 copies
Gesammelte Werke: 7 Bände (1983) 17 copies
Selected Stories (2024) — Author — 16 copies
Récits, romans, journaux (2000) 16 copies, 1 review
Erzählungen (1970) — Author — 16 copies
Before the Law (2015) 15 copies, 1 review
Meistererzählungen (1978) 15 copies
Raderna som Kafka strök (2012) 14 copies
Franz Kafka Babaya Mektup (2016) 14 copies
Er (1984) 14 copies
Franz Kafka: The Best Works (2021) 14 copies, 1 review
Cuentos fantásticos (1995) 14 copies
Frammenti e scritti vari (1985) 13 copies
Aforismi e frammenti (1998) 13 copies
Obras selectas Franz Kafka (2013) 13 copies
La transformación y otros relatos (2005) 13 copies, 1 review
Dagbøker i utvalg (1994) 13 copies
Parábolas e Fragmentos (2004) 12 copies
Obras completas . I (1901) 12 copies, 1 review
Erzählungen (1991) — Author — 12 copies
Cuadermos en octavo (1999) 12 copies
Das Urteil Erzählungen (1985) — Author — 11 copies
Gesammelte Werke (1998) 11 copies
Dagböcker : 1914-1923 (2008) 11 copies
Opowieści i przypowieści (2018) 11 copies
De tekeningen (2021) 11 copies, 1 review
Novelleja (1972) 10 copies
Short Stories (Clarendon German) (1968) — Author — 10 copies
Narracions completes (1982) 10 copies
Verzameld proza (2022) 10 copies
Contos (2005) 10 copies, 1 review
La condena y otros relatos (1982) 10 copies
Diarios/ Diaries (Spanish Edition) (2001) 10 copies, 1 review
Erzählungen (1978) 10 copies
Relazioni (1997) 10 copies, 1 review
Padres e hijos (1998) 10 copies
Carta al padre (1901) 9 copies
25 Erzählungen (2011) 9 copies
Novelas (1901) 9 copies
América : La condena : La muralla china (1985) — Author — 9 copies, 1 review
Sämtliche Werke (2006) 9 copies
Obras completas (2004) 9 copies
Diaris de viatge (1995) 9 copies
Dibujos recuperados (2023) 9 copies, 1 review
Drucke zu Lebzeiten (1994) 9 copies
Kafka: Selected Stories (2008) 9 copies
Das Schloß (1992) — Author — 8 copies
Kafka Lettere (1988) 8 copies
Romanzi e racconti (1995) 8 copies
Erzählungen (1998) — Author — 8 copies
Metamorfose vertellingen (1999) 8 copies
Los dibujos (2021) 8 copies
Joseph K (2010) 8 copies
Els fills (2013) 8 copies
Absurde verhalen (1982) 7 copies
Journaux (1951) 7 copies
The Penal Colony (1968) 7 copies
Aeroplanen i Brescia (1988) 7 copies
التحول (2015) 7 copies, 1 review
Ceza Kolonisinde (2007) 7 copies
El castillo El proceso (1901) 7 copies, 1 review
Hikayeler (1995) 6 copies, 1 review
Erzählungen 6 copies
A Milena (2015) 6 copies, 1 review
Kafka's Monkey (2009) 6 copies
Die Zeichnungen (2021) 6 copies
Antologia de Páginas Íntimas 6 copies, 1 review
Hayvan Öyküleri (2013) 6 copies
Journal intime (2008) 6 copies
First Sorrow (2014) 5 copies
Dava - Mini Kitap (2015) 5 copies
Nowele i miniatury (1991) 5 copies
Obras escogidas (1982) 5 copies
Das erzählerische Werk (1988) — Author — 5 copies
La transformación (2016) 5 copies
21 Short Tales (2019) 5 copies
RELATOS COMPLETOS (2013) 5 copies
I racconti 5 copies
Der Gruftwächter (2008) 5 copies
Un artista del trapecio (2012) 5 copies
Zamak (2016) 5 copies
Der Riesenmaulwurf (1997) 5 copies
Novelas (1901) 4 copies
Lesebuch (2008) 4 copies
Die Verwandlung (2013) 4 copies
Kleinere Erzählungen (1998) 4 copies
Briefe 4. 1918 - 1920 (2013) 4 copies
Briefe, 1900-1912 (1999) 4 copies
Erzählungen (1995) 4 copies
Obří krtek (1991) 4 copies
Cuentos (2009) 4 copies
Das Franz Kafka Buch (1983) 4 copies
Das Franz Kafka Lesebuch (2008) 4 copies
Diarios (2014) 4 copies
La transformación (2016) 4 copies
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories (1995) 4 copies, 1 review
Die Verwandlung / Das Urteil (insel taschenbuch) (2008) — Author — 4 copies
Briefe, April 1914-1917 (2005) 4 copies
America o il disperso (2019) 4 copies
Alemania (1984) — Contributor — 3 copies
Kovali Süvari (2012) 3 copies
Conversations avec Kafka (1951) 3 copies
Obras completas . III (2005) 3 copies
Briefe, 1913-März 1914 (2001) 3 copies
Le procès 3 copies
Carta al padre 3 copies
Geschichten von unterwegs (2003) — Author — 3 copies
Bestiário de Kafka (2016) 3 copies
Kafka, Franz 3 copies
Ceza Sömürgesi (2015) 3 copies
Les Dessins de Kafka (2021) 3 copies
Felice'ye Mektuplar (2016) 3 copies
El Camino Verdadero (2000) 3 copies
Die Verwandlung 3 copies
Ein Landarzt 3 copies
Proměna a jiné povídky (2014) 3 copies
Erzählungen 3 copies
Todos os Contos (2023) 3 copies
Dönüþüm (2016) 3 copies
Noveller (2022) 3 copies
Novelas - Estuche (13/20) (2024) 3 copies, 2 reviews
Auf der Galerie (2010) 3 copies, 1 review
Reflexões 3 copies
Zaveschanie (2007) 3 copies
Kafka: The Execution (1989) — Author — 3 copies
Amtliche Schriften (1984) 3 copies
Franz Kafka, Das Werk (2011) 3 copies
Jurnal (Romanian Edition) (2007) 3 copies
Storie di animali (2005) 3 copies
Grad 3 copies
Deníky z cest (1999) 2 copies
Werke, 3 Bde. (2001) 2 copies
Metamorfosis (2000) 2 copies
Erzählungen von Tieren (2023) 2 copies
Obras completas (2004) 2 copies
Les Fils 2 copies
The Trial [Alpha DVD] (2010) 2 copies
The Trial of 6 Designers (1968) 2 copies
La meta e la via. Racconti scelti (2000) 2 copies, 1 review
Franz Kafka 2 copies
Poseidon 2 copies
A Little Woman 2 copies
Bir Kardes Cinayeti (2015) 2 copies
Shinpan (審判) (1992) 2 copies
Nas galerias 2 copies
Bir Aclik Sanatcisi (2016) 2 copies
Bir Köy Hekimi (2019) 2 copies
Microcuentos Y Dibujos (2010) 2 copies
The Plague / The Trial (1972) 2 copies
Erzählungen 2 copies
Gunlukler (2006) 2 copies
Erzaehlungen 2 copies
Regard 2 copies
Franz Kafka - Erzählungen und Romane (2020) 2 copies, 1 review
Erzählungen und Romane (2014) 2 copies
Selected Shorter Writings (2013) 2 copies
Αμερική 2 copies
Tutti i racconti - vol. I (1983) 2 copies
La Metamorfosis (2009) 2 copies
EinFach Deutsch, Die Verwandlung (1999) — Text — 2 copies
Unhappiness 2 copies
Sueños (2010) 2 copies
A Letter to My Father (2020) 2 copies
Die Verwandlung (2020) 2 copies
Opere (1993) 2 copies
Der Verschollene (2010) 2 copies
Carta ao Pai 2 copies
Un fraticidi. L'abric. (2012) 2 copies
Das Schloss. 6 CDs (2006) 2 copies
Kirjad 1902-1924 (2012) 2 copies
A Metamorfose 2 copies
Opis jedne borbe (2020) 2 copies
Na Colônia Penal (Portuguese Edition) (2021) 2 copies, 1 review
Levél apámhoz (2003) 2 copies
Der Mord (2015) 2 copies
Opera antuma 2 copies
Naplók (2008) 2 copies
Paràboles i paradoxes (2022) 2 copies
Drømme (1998) 2 copies
Bütün Öyküler Ciltli (2009) 2 copies
Textband (1992) 2 copies
La Madriguera (2009) 2 copies
The Way Home 2 copies
Stāsti (2016) 2 copies
Ateşçi (2019) 1 copy
Dopisy Robertovi (2012) 1 copy
La metamorfosis (2005) 1 copy
Nezvěstný (2004) 1 copy
Ein Landarzt (2022) 1 copy
Metamorphis 1 copy
Dnevniki (2005) 1 copy
Amérika (2023) 1 copy
Oneira / Όνειρα (2020) 1 copy
Kafka 1 copy
Az átváltozás. A fűtő 1 copy, 1 review
A toca 1 copy
La Métamorphose 1 copy, 1 review
Contemplación (2022) 1 copy
Relatos cronológicos (2024) 1 copy
Kafka Zoo (2014) 1 copy
Das Schlob 1 copy
El 1 copy
Passers-by 1 copy
El cazador graco (2000) 1 copy
In der Strafkolonie (2022) 1 copy
Das Schloß: Roman (2008) — Author — 1 copy
The Þtrial 1 copy
審判 (1994) 1 copy
Mukadama 1 copy
P PROCESSO 1 copy
Leter Babait 1 copy
KESHTJELLA 1 copy
LETER BABIT 1 copy
The Outsider 1 copy
Höllin 1 copy
Ameríka 1 copy
Letër babait 1 copy, 1 review
ALBUM KAFKA 1 copy
Romani 1 copy
Pisma Mileni 1 copy, 1 review
审判 (Der Prozess) (1991) 1 copy
Kafka 1 copy
Tin house 1 copy
Erzhlungen 1 copy
Verdictul 1 copy
A kastély 1 copy, 1 review
Zaginiony 1 copy
METAMORFOSIS - PROCESO (2000) 1 copy
Kary 1 copy
An old leaf 1 copy
Eleven Sons 1 copy
A construção 1 copy, 1 review
Der tierisch-menschliche Charakter (2013) — Contributor — 1 copy
Antologia do conto moderno — Author — 1 copy
The Refusal 1 copy
Het hol 1 copy
Letters 1 copy
Scrivanie (2012) 1 copy
Ausgewählte Erzählungen 1 copy, 1 review
Obras completas (1976) 1 copy
Relatos 1 copy
cazador graco, El (2000) 1 copy
Oeuvres Completes, volumes I, II, IV (1989) 1 copy, 1 review
Rakontoj I 1 copy
La Metamorphose (1987) 1 copy
Kafka Öyküler 2 (2016) 1 copy
MAX BROD 1 copy
Henshin (変身) (1968) 1 copy
Shiro (城) (1989) 1 copy
Dopisy Ottle a rodině (1996) 1 copy
Dönüsüm (2016) 1 copy
Deníky 1913-1923 (1998) 1 copy
America / El proceso (2001) 1 copy
Epistolario 1 copy
Mandat 1 copy
Racconti (1983) 1 copy
Átváltozás (2016) 1 copy
Collected Works (2015) 1 copy
Le procès (adaptation) 1 copy, 1 review
Kafka Themetamorphosis (2014) 1 copy
the Castle (2008) 1 copy
Le Pont (Enfantimages) (1981) 1 copy
Osiem notatników (1995) 1 copy
I romanzi 1 copy
Dancing On The Ceiling (2006) 1 copy
Kafka zum Vergnügen (2011) 1 copy
Eine Kreuzung (2011) 1 copy
Das Schloss. CD 1 (2006) 1 copy
Kleine Fabel (2013) 1 copy
Kafka Öyküler 1 (2016) 1 copy
Relatos (2002) 1 copy
Όνειρα (1970) 1 copy
A Metamorfose (2009) 1 copy
الطالب 1 copy
Lâu đài 1 copy
I racconti. 1 copy
Erzählungen 1908-1924 (1995) 1 copy
Lektuere fuer Minuten (2004) 1 copy
Frocks 1 copy
卡夫卡集 1 copy
Zajednica hulja (2022) 1 copy
La metaformosis (1979) 1 copy
محاکمه 1 copy
Vom Scheintod (2020) 1 copy
La condena 1 copy
Great Noise 1 copy
A muralha 1 copy
Protsess. Zamok (2006) 1 copy
A transformación (1915) 1 copy
No title 1 copy
Opere 1 copy
Kafka-Secme Öyküler (2015) 1 copy
Decisions 1 copy
Günlükler 1 copy
Dava - Sert Kapak (2021) 1 copy
Erzählungen. CD. (2007) 1 copy
Aruanne akadeemiale (2022) 1 copy, 1 review
Amerika ose i zhdukuri 1 copy, 1 review
Tregime & Novela 1 copy, 1 review
Kafka Franz 1 copy

Associated Works

Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre (1956) — Contributor — 2,162 copies, 19 reviews
The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction (1978) — Author, some editions — 1,475 copies, 4 reviews
Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis [graphic novel] (2003) 1,062 copies, 31 reviews
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories (2011) — Contributor — 857 copies, 21 reviews
The Book of Fantasy (1940) — Contributor — 643 copies, 14 reviews
The Assassin's Cloak: An Anthology of the World's Greatest Diarists (2000) — Contributor, some editions — 576 copies, 8 reviews
Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature (1983) — Contributor — 515 copies, 8 reviews
The World of the Short Story: A 20th Century Collection (1986) — Contributor — 477 copies, 4 reviews
Timeless Stories for Today and Tomorrow (1952) — Contributor — 453 copies, 6 reviews
Best Short Stories of the Modern Age (1962) — Contributor, some editions — 341 copies, 4 reviews
Historias fantásticas (1955) — Contributor — 302 copies, 7 reviews
The World's Greatest Short Stories (2006) — Contributor — 295 copies, 1 review
A World of Great Stories (1947) 275 copies, 4 reviews
The Meowmorphosis (2011) 252 copies, 41 reviews
Love Letters (1996) — Contributor — 202 copies, 1 review
Strange Dreams (1993) — Contributor — 190 copies
The Big Book of Classic Fantasy (2019) — Contributor — 182 copies, 3 reviews
Short Novels of the Masters (1989) — Contributor — 156 copies, 1 review
Randall Jarrell's Book of Stories (1958) — Contributor — 153 copies, 1 review
Ghost Stories (1991) — Contributor — 149 copies, 1 review
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories (1984) — Contributor — 144 copies, 2 reviews
The Jewish caravan : great stories of twenty-five centuries (1965) — Contributor, some editions — 138 copies
The Oxford Book of Jewish Stories (1998) — Contributor — 135 copies, 2 reviews
Magical Realist Fiction: An Anthology (1984) — Contributor — 116 copies, 1 review
Great German Short Novels and Stories (1933) — Contributor — 111 copies
German Stories and Tales (1954) — Contributor — 106 copies
Norton Introduction to the Short Novel (1982) — Contributor — 101 copies, 1 review
German stories. Deutsche Novellen (1964) — Contributor — 97 copies
Murder Mayhem Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (2016) — Contributor — 93 copies
Great German Short Stories (1970) — Contributor — 88 copies, 1 review
The Dedalus Book of Austrian Fantasy, 1890-2000 (2003) — Contributor — 82 copies, 1 review
The Uncanny Reader: Stories from the Shadows (2015) — Contributor — 72 copies, 1 review
The Apes of Wrath (2013) — Contributor — 72 copies, 3 reviews
The Trial [1962 film] (1962) — Original book — 68 copies, 1 review
Nightshade: 20th Century Ghost Stories (1999) — Contributor — 65 copies, 2 reviews
Seven Short Novel Masterpieces (1981) — Contributor — 60 copies
Art of Fiction (1974) — Contributor — 51 copies
Eleven Modern Short Novels (1970) — Contributor — 50 copies, 1 review
The Road to Science Fiction #6: Around The World (1998) — Contributor — 47 copies
The Trial (1948) — Contributor — 47 copies, 1 review
Found In Translation (2018) — Contributor, some editions — 44 copies
The Little Book of Horrors (1992) — Contributor — 41 copies
A Quarto of Modern Literature (1935) — Contributor — 40 copies
Partisan Review (1998) — Contributor, some editions — 36 copies
The Vintage Book of Classic Crime (1993) — Contributor — 35 copies
The Monster-Maker and Other Science Fiction Classics (2012) — Contributor — 33 copies
Pathetic Literature (2022) — Contributor — 32 copies, 1 review
The Golden Bomb: Phantastic German Expressionist Stories (1993) — Contributor — 31 copies
Lapham's Quarterly - Lines of Work: Volume IV, Number 2, Spring 2011 (2011) — Contributor — 30 copies, 2 reviews
The Seas of God: Great Stories of the Human Spirit (1944) — Contributor — 29 copies, 2 reviews
Taboo No. 7 (1992) — Contributor — 27 copies
Suhrkamp BasisBibliothek : Franz Kafka : In der Strafkolonie (2006) — Text, some editions — 27 copies, 2 reviews
Kafkaesque: Stories Inspired by Franz Kafka (2011) — Contributor — 26 copies
One World of Literature (1992) — Contributor — 25 copies
Studies in Fiction (1965) — Contributor — 22 copies, 1 review
Nine Short Novels (1964) — Contributor — 18 copies
All verdens fortellere (1990) — Contributor, some editions — 15 copies, 1 review
Twenty-Nine Stories (1960) — Contributor — 14 copies
Weirdies, Weirdies, Weirdies (1975) — Contributor — 14 copies
Voor het einde 33 Duitse verhalen uit de jaren 1900-1933 (1977) — Contributor — 13 copies
Deutsche Erzählungen / German Stories II (1975) — Contributor — 13 copies
Story to Anti-Story (1979) — Contributor — 13 copies
Graphic Classics: Canine/Feline Classics (2014) — Contributor — 12 copies
Ostjüdische Geschichten. Dein aschenes Haar Sulamith (1981) — Contributor — 12 copies
The modern short novel (1965) — Contributor — 11 copies
Epic Illustrated #11 [April 1982] (1982) — Contributor — 10 copies
Terrors, Torments, and Traumas: An Anthology (1978) — Contributor — 9 copies, 1 review
Duitse expressionistische verhalen (1966) — Author — 9 copies
The Trial [1993 film] — Original book — 9 copies
Haunts, Haunts, Haunts (1977) — Contributor — 8 copies
Laatunovelleja (1998) 8 copies
Het derde testament joodse verhalen (1995) — Contributor, some editions — 7 copies
The Caedmon Short Story Collection (2001) — Contributor — 7 copies
Phantastisches Österreich (1976) — Author — 6 copies
Moderne Erzähler 4 (1979) — Author — 5 copies
Moderne Erzahler 1 — Author — 4 copies
Il processo di Kafka (1971) — Contributor — 4 copies
Bruin's Midnight Reader (2021) — Contributor, some editions — 4 copies
Haut ab!: Haltungen zur rituellen Beschneidung (2014) — Contributor — 3 copies, 1 review
Engelen stuifmeel uit de hemel (2002) — Contributor — 3 copies
Twelve Short Novels (1976) — Contributor — 3 copies
Short Fiction: Shape and Substance (1971) — Contributor — 3 copies
El cuento literario (2008) — Contributor — 2 copies
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Enjoying Stories (1987) — Contributor — 2 copies
Philip Glass: In the Penal Colony (2012) — Original story — 2 copies
Modern Short Stories — Contributor — 2 copies
Moderne Erzähler 11 (1959) — Author — 2 copies
50 seltsame Geschichten — Contributor — 1 copy
De ziel (1990) — Contributor — 1 copy
Modern Choice 2 — Contributor — 1 copy
Der Prozess [Kammeroper, 7-XII-2024] (2024) — Contributor — 1 copy

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Kafka in German in Fine Press Forum (June 4)
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Franz Kafka: The Trial in 1001 Books to read before you die (January 2008)

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Even more nightmarish than I remembered. Just the most brutal perversion of the quest narrative. People — including the protagonist — are unknowable shells: "this not very savoury assistant [...] this puppet which sometimes gave one the impression of not being properly alive." And they get treated as such — I'd forgotten about the "interrogations" which form the background to K's wanderings through the back rooms of the inn. At the center of it all, voracious like a black hole, a kind of generator of negativity, is that unassuageable self-persecuting sense of inadequacy, of feeling oneself
someone who rode roughshod over everything, both over the law and over the most ordinary human consideration, with this callous indifference and sleepiness, someone who simply did not care that he was making the distribution of the files almost impossible and damaging the reputation of the house and who brought about something that had never happened before, that the gentlemen, driven to desperation, had begun to defend themselves, and, after an overcoming of their own feelings unimaginable for ordinary people, had reached for the bell and called for help to expel this person on whom nothing else could make any impression!
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yarb | 92 other reviews | Dec 27, 2024 |
Certified whack
 
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Tgoldhush | 232 other reviews | Dec 26, 2024 |
A thorough indictment of legal bureaucracy run amok, and the inaccessibility of the courts to the average person, through the weird twilight-zone lens of Kafka.
 
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Tgoldhush | 244 other reviews | Dec 26, 2024 |
2.5
A son, who was the breadwinner for his family, wakes up one day as a beetle.

He can no longer work and must be taken care of. His family resent him, consider him a burden and wish him dead.

I can see how it relates to work culture, capitalism, family dynamics and disability, but it was just depressing for me, also Incredibly sad for Gregor.
 
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spiritedstardust | 232 other reviews | Dec 24, 2024 |

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